While searching, I came across this site which offered free services of various sorts including massage therapy for dogs! Here you will also be able to purchase discount furniture. Gokcen Yildiz cares for 160 street dogs at her property outside Ankara. Under an apricot tree on an afternoon in August, Gokcen Yildiz scoops up a light brown fur ball which starts licking her all over and she laughs with delight as it lathers its fur all over her face and then jumps down onto his tail for some play time – giggles ensued from both parties involved as the animal played chase with its toy ball toy while Gokcen let it run its course before returning it again to Ankara to care for its over 160 street dog residents on her property outside. Yildiz’s laughter quickly transitions to more somber remarks as she points to a dog with two missing legs – which, she asserts, represent abuse suffered by street dogs across Turkey. At day’s end she works as an academic secondary school physics teacher but dedicates much of her free time advocating on their behalf during night hours. She lives on an estate just outside Turkey’s capital city of Ankara where she has collected 160 canines to care for. These dogs represent just a portion of Turkey’s estimated four million-strong street-dog population that currently roam the streets; public opinion surrounding this issue has become fiercely divisive: should these canines become fixtures in your neighborhood to care for and love, or are they seen as nuisances that must be eradicated quickly and humanely? Or should the government implement more drastic solutions, like those reported by state media – including possible euthanasia? Ms Yildiz cares for elderly and disabled dogs on her 15,000 sqm property as well as those suffering psychological or behavioural conditions. “My job doesn’t involve caring for dogs in need; however, this job of mine causes financial strain as the economy gets tougher,” she explained. As petrol costs increase and so do expenses such as pet food or medication prescribed – as well as those for vet services – all adding up. Turkey now estimates it has around four million street dogs; she says her primary worry is what might become of them should she not collect them regularly. “Outside, they get fed every two or three days but are alive. ” “To manage animal populations more effectively, street dogs needed to be collected, sterilized and given vaccinations before returning them back into circulation – however not every municipality had facilities where this operation could occur. Particularly in small municipalities, there is neither adequate sheltering facilities nor enough veterinarians available for hiring. “Had Dr Arslan been enforced when this law, passed 20 years ago, took effect, the street-dog population wouldn’t have grown as large today”, according to him. Animal abandonment, overbreeding and selling had all contributed to an increase in street dogs according to him; animal neglect as well as overpopulation had further fuelled it’s increase, according to him and the BBC report. Although animals are registered and microchipped with a centralised database, officials need to improve at following through with fines when animals were seen wandering free on the street, according to Attorney Meltem Zorba who volunteers as Safe Streets Association volunteer. Whatever caused it, campaign groups like Safe Streets Association state a solution must be found immediately so stray dogs no longer plague streets throughout Turkey – Getty Images shows this issue all across Turkey while Attorney Zorba volunteers at Safe Streets Association as an attorney volunteer. She works closely with families that have fallen prey to street dog attacks and draws upon government statistics which demonstrate their impact: 55 deaths have resulted from street dogs over five years, as well as over 5000 injuries and 3,500 traffic accidents. “For three years we have been calling for legal changes. Stray dogs must not roam freely on streets causing death to people or traffic accidents – and attacking other animals.” This cannot stand, she noted. “Zorba wants legal requirements that force all dogs off of streets permanently – as opposed to catch-and-release policies currently employed – since she feels these pets pose other health and rabies risks and public safety threats such as their droppings in public places like parks and playgrounds.” “This is rationality,” she stated of the creation of new legislation, emphasizing how euthanasia should only ever be performed as an act of last resort when an animal becomes too sick or poses too great a risk to society – this trend seems to be developing into national consensus. Recent poll findings demonstrated that nearly 80% of respondents support measures designed to remove dogs from the streets and provide shelter. However, less than 3% believed collected dogs should be euthanised.Both Ms Zorba and Ms Yildiz support a government solution which would enable dogs taken off the streets to be collected into newly built shelters across Turkey where they’d be sterilized before eventually being looked after until death if unadopted by families.It’s believed ministers intend to allocate fresh funds for local authorities’ implementation of any new law on stray dogs; yet it remains unknown if our government – which already faces economic crisis with inflation reaching 75% this year- has enough resources available for such action to take effect.
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